This month’s update records the lives of 16 Victorian women who achieved significance in the worlds of art, education, authorship, prison government, and nursing.
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Andrews, Marian [neé Hare; pseud. Christopher Hare] (1839-1929), historian and novelist
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Bell, Margaret Alexis (1818-1889), schoolmistress
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Clayton, Katharine [née Hare] (1843-1933), voluntary worker
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Eaton (née Antwistle/Entwistle), Fanny (1835-1924), artist’s model
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Gray [married names: Ruskin; Millais), Euphemia Chalmers [Effie], Lady Millais (1828-1897), artist’s wife and studio manager
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Lonsdale, (Lucy) Margaret (1846-1917), nurse and author
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Martin (née Edgcumbe; first married name Pilcher), Emma Mary (1807–1871), prison governor
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Merryweather, Mary (1818-1880), social reformer and lady superintendent of nursing
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Osburn, Lucy (1836–1891), nursing superintendent
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Perugini [née Dickens; other married name Collins], Catherine Elizabeth Macready [Kate] (1839-1929), artist
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Pringle, Angélique Lucille (1846-1920), nurse
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Stewart, Jane Catherine Shaw (1821-1905), nurse
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Wardle, Elizabeth (1834-1902), embroiderer and businesswoman
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Wardroper (née Bisshopp), Sarah Elizabeth (1813 – 1892), nurse
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Westlake, Alice [née Hare] (1842-1923), suffragist and artist
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Wood, Catherine Jane (1841-1930), paediatric nurse and promoter of nurse education, registration, and welfare
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